Baseball America: Mets Still Bottom 15 Farm System

Jim Callis of Baseball America addressed the following questions regarding the Mets minor league system for his Ask BA post.

After the R.A. Dickey trade, how would the Mets Top 10 now shake out? Is Noah Syndergaard a potential No. 1 starter? How would you rank the Mets system overall?

After the R.A. Dickey trade, how would you re-rank the Mets Top 10 Prospects? How much do you think the trade helped their organizational ranking?

Catcher Travis d’Arnaud and righthander Noah Syndergaard were the top two prospects left in the Blue Jays system after Toronto made the Jose Reyes/Mark Buehrle trade with the Marlins, and now they’ve gone to the Mets as part of the Dickey package.

D’Arnaud is the second-best catching prospect in baseball, behind only Mike Zunino of the Mariners, while Syndergaard is a potential No. 2 starter. They’be be New York’s second- and third-best prospects, fitting between righthander Zack Wheeler and shortstop Gavin Cecchini.

Dickey is the reigning National League Cy Young Award winner and strikeout king, but I’m still surprised the Mets were able to extract Syndergaard as the second player in the deal. Adding him and d’Arnaud gives a significant boost to a system that was as thin as any in the National League before the trade.

New York still lacks upper-level talent, but the addition of two blue-chip prospects boosts their system into the 18-20 range.

I’m a little surprised that he still views the Mets as a bottom half system, but I would guess it’s because Matt Harvey, Josh Edgin, Kirk Nieuwenhuis, etc. are already assured major league roles.